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Ausmed Education Learning Centre is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

The standards developed by the ANCC are the highest and most rigorous in the world, and this accreditation means that you can be sure that all nursing education available through The Learning Centre meets or exceeds these high standards. Ausmed Education's provider number is P0342.Learn more about ANCC accreditation.

Understand the drivers that caused managed care to become
popular in the US;

Understand the process of transition to managed care

Understand the importance of documentation in defining nursing
practice and demonstrating value

Want to explore the use of standardised tools to better
document nursing tasks and duties;

Question how and why tools can and should be incorporated
daily to streamline care delivery

This chapter will provide a brief history of the transition to
managed health care in the United States and outline the implications
for Australian nurses, especially in relation to demands for increased
documentation practices. It will also motivate nurses to participate in
improving health care delivery and community wellness and be willing to
participate in the development and evaluation of global documentation
tools to create a unified standard of care.

Author / Editor Biographies

Mary Nordenson received a Bachelor of Science of Nursing degree from the University of Iowa in 1971 and a Masters in Health Management from St Thomas of Villanova in 1986. With more than two decades of service as a health care professional, Mary has proven expertise in managing and coordinating utilisation and care management and facility operations. She has participated in, or been project director for, numerous national benchmarking and consortium studies in such fields as capitation, purchasers' buying decisions for children's specialty services, outpatient services facility design efficien...

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